Match-vending machine



April 13 1926. 1,580,594

H. FRIED MATCH VENDING MACHINE Filed Oct. 2,0, 1921 2 Sheets-Sheet l April-13 1926. 1,580,594

H. FRlED MATCH VENDI NG MACHINE Filed oct. 2031921 2 sheets-sheet 2 INVENTOR ATTOR Patented lApr. 13, 1926/.

UNITED STATES HARRY FRIED, or WASHINGTON, DISTRICT oF COLUMBIA.

MATCH-VENDlN G MACHINE.

Application filed October 20, 1921. Serial No. 509,099.

To all whom t may concern.' y Be it known that I, HARRY FRIED, a cit'iZei: of the United States, residing atWashing ton, District of Columbia, have invented a new and Vuseful Improvement in Match- Vending` Machines, of which the following is a speciiication.

This invention relates to improvements in match vending machines, and one of the principal objects is to provide a .device of this nature with improved coin-controlled mechanism.

Another` object is to pro-vide the device with improved vending mechanismt 1 Another object is to providesiinpliiieo and improved means for preventing the removal of the contents of the machine through the delivery opening without first operating the coin-controlled mechanisim lVith these and other Objects in view which will be more apparent as the s pecication proceeds, the invention resi-des iii certain novel construction and combination and line, but looking to the left so as to show the: general construction ofthe vending mecha-V nism.

Figure 4 is a detail perspective view of one of the weights.

Figure 5 is a detail view of the cam plate. Figure 6 is a detail `view ofthe clutch disk. Figure 7 is a detailed view'of one of the ejector disks. Like characters of reference refer to like parts in all views. 'Referring to the drawing in detail, 10 represents the base, 11 the sides, 12 the top, 13 the front, and 15 and 16 the upper and lower elements of the back of the main frame ofthe machine, the members 15 and 16 being preferablyv hinged vat 17 so that member 15 may be lowered to fill the mawhich the boxes or containers' are stacked.`

The table' 21 and upper front portion of the member 20 are slotted so as to permit free rotation of the ejcctors or vending disks.

The apertures at 22 whore the containers are forced oli' the table 21, are just sufficicntly high to permit the containers to slip out freely if there is nothing to prevent. Containers are indicated at 23.

Secured to the inner side of the right-hand wall ofthe machine is acoin chute 24 which communicates at its upper front end with the coin slot in the usual plate 25.

A U-shaped frame 26 is provi-ded and when the machine is complete, this frame is secured to the base 10 of the machine in any desirable manner. Before being placed in the machine, this frame is assembled with the main shaft and most of the mechanism connected therewith. The main shaft is shown at 27 and this shaft is preferably square in cross section except near its ends where it is round so as to lturn easily in its bearings. The right hand end of the shaft 27 is rotatably mounted in the hub 28 of the coin disk 29 which will presently be described in detail. This hub 28 is itself rotatable in the right hand end of the frame 26 and has secured to it by a set screw 30 or other suitable means, the operating knob 31. The left hand end of the shaft 27 may be rotatably supported directly in the left end of the frame 26 or in any suitable bearing supported by same frame.

Mounted on the shaft 27 are a plurality of ejector disks 32, which are held in proper relation or set by reason of having squared central apertures threaded on the Squared portion .of the shaft with intervening spacer sleeves. While I have showed four such disks in the drawing, it is to be understood that more or less could be used, but in that ripheral fiange 34 whichfrives a considerable breadth to the disk, and a depression 35 is formed of suitable ysize to permit'one of the containers to drop thereinto. The depression 35 is bounded by a comparatively high rear wall 36 and a comparatively low front wall 37. The purpose of the rear wall 36 is to press the container out upon the rotation of the shaft, and the purpose of the front wall 37 is to prevent cheating the machine by inserting the fingers or other instrumentalit-ies in the aperture below the apron 19 and drawing the containers out of the apertures 22; It will be seen that when the arcuate portions of the disk are under the containers, the containers will be held off thel table 21 and above the upper margin of the aperture 22 so that they can not be -withdrawn, and when they drop into the notches 35, the element 37 will prevent withdrawal of the container until the. shaft'and ejector y are turned.

The coin disk 29 hereinbefore referred to, is constructed with four coin pockets 38 and with concentric ways 39, the pockets 38 be- Ving intervened by flanges 40 which prevent a succession of coins being fed into the coin disk between proper operations whereby the mechanism might be clogged or injured. Next to the left of the coin disk on the shaft 27 is the clutch disk. This is indicated by the numeral 41; and in this clutch disk are slidably seated four clutch pins 42 arranged at intervals of\90. Each pin is formed with a beveled head 43 on one end and a nut 44 threaded on its other end. A spring 45 tends constantly to press the nut 44 outwardly. Notches 46 are formed in the periphery of the disk 41 and co-act with a pawl 47 to prevent turning the ydisk 41 more than 90 at 4an operation. This pawl 47 is broad enou h to overlie the coin disk 29 so that it will e raised by the pro'ecting edge of the coin in turning the com isk. A click pawl 48 co-acts with notches 46a to prevent retrograde movement of the devices.

Rising from the base of the frame member 26 is a cam plate 49, which loosely embraces the shaft 27 and has formed on its face adjacent to the disk 41, a cam having a gradual rise at 50, a dwell at 51 and an abrupt drop at 52. This plate is arranged so that the pins 42 will have their nuts 44 ride up the rise 50 onto the dwell 51 and then drop suddenly upon reaching 52. It will be seen that the dwell 51 is slightly more than a 90 are so that one or another of the pins 42 will always be in contact therewith.

Upon each stack of containers is placed a weight 53, which has its lower face cut away at 55 so that when the final container has been ejected, the ejector may .revolve freely through the way 55 without striking the weight.

In operation, when a coin is inserted, it passes down the chute 24 and lodges in one of the pockets 38 in the coin disk 29. It will be remembered that one of the pins 42 is pressed lto the right by the cam51 and this brings this pinin line with the ways 39 u with its head 43 pressed into the path of the coin. A-The customer then operates thc knob 31 by turning it, whereby the coin is brought up so as first to lift the pawl 47 to unlock the vending mechanism, and then into contact with the projected pin head 43. The further 'progress of the coin disk carries with it the clutch disk and the shaft. As the shaft makes its 90 turn one or another of the ejcctors will release a container (these ejectors being set with their portions 35, 90o apart), and the pin on reaching 52 will return by the spring 45, and the coin is released so that it drops from its 'pocket into the coin box 33.

What I claim is:

In a device of the class described, the combinaticn of a main operating mechanism, rejecting vmechanism operable thereby, an operating member, a stationary cam evice, a rotary clutch device, pins in said clutch device and controlled by said cam device, and a coin disk having coin pockets formed therein and having a way for receiving said pms.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification this 25 day of August 1921.

HARRY FRIED. 

